Holiday Gift Tags

A long time ago, Kory was in his floral shop Olive and Dahlia drawing & then painting some "ugly" little elves. He framed them up, put them on the custom designed Christmas trees there in the shop and they sold out quickly. I copied this idea by putting framed prints on our Christmas tree. I seriously adore these ugly little elves and since then we have added a few, one of each of our children. These drawings are so unique and fun, people notice them right away.

This year Kory came up with the idea of making special little gift tags of the "Elves of Whimsy". There are ten designs, so each pack comes with one of each. You can use these are official Santa lute indicators for your gifts, to spice up neighbor gifts and what we think is the best idea: give a pack to your neighbors AS THEIR GIFT! Think about it, you would be giving them something they can actually use, can use immediately, is not another darn cookie plate, won't make them fat, is easy and simple and they will LOVE it!

You can buy our gift tags on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/…/whimsical-illustrated-holiday-gift-t… or you can send us a check, or pay by Venmo. Easy.
Less than 7 packs are $5 each. If you buy 7 or more packs, they are $4 each. They come in a cute little bag that is ready to gift to someone. This is an easy and cheep gift you will love giving this year. If you are just buying it for your own use, it will make your holiday gifts even more magical!!

Simultaneous Projects

I often take on multiple illustration projects simultaneously.  At first, it may seem like a bad idea.  But in the freelance world, it is good to have many things in the pipeline since you have no idea when they will emerge, (and how long after that it takes to get paid!)  However, keeping the pipeline full and running is only half of the reason I like to have two or three (or 5!) books going at the same time.  Keeping things fresh when you are 30 illustrations into a project can be very difficult.  So it is a great benefit to all of the projects involved if I have the opportunity to step away from time to time and work on something completely different.

In this particular case, I am working on a book called "The Boy in Glasses" about a boy who experiences a shift in his perception of others. It is a very cute book by an author/teacher in Park City, UT.

For this project I will be using a combination of Adobe Photoshop tools to create a pen and ink look with some watercolor.  This is all digital.